COEYMANS — A Greenville man stole his ex-girlfriend's boat after he allegedly assaulted her in a restaurant and led authorities on a late-night chase Friday down the Hudson River near Coeymans Landing Marina before he was caught by a marine patrol and he now faces several charges, Coeymans Police said.

The female victim called police just before 11 p.m. to report she had been beat up in a restaurant, police said. The cops arrived and approached Auer, who was on the ex-girlfriend's boat in violation of a full stay-away order of protection that barred him from any contact with her, police said. Police ordered Auer to surrender, but he took off in the boat, police said.

With help from the Albany County Sheriff's Marine Patrol and the Coeymans Fire Dive Team, Auer was found and arrested a short time later, police said.

Following his arraignment in Coeymans Town Court Saturday, he was sent to Albany County Jail without bail, police said.